Otho
O'tho, [Fr. Othon, o't6.N',] (Marcus Salvius,) Emperor
of Rome, born about 32 a.d., was descended from
a patrician family. He was for a time an intimate associate
of Nero, until the attachment of the latter for Poppaea,
Otho's wife, caused a rupture between them. He
supported Galba in his revolt against Nero, in 68 A.D.,
but, disappointed that the ...
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Marcus Salvius Otho (28 April 32[1] – 16 April 69), also
called Marcus Salvius Otho Caesar Augustus,[2] was Roman
Emperor for three months, from 15 January to 16 April 69. He
was the second emperor of the Year of the four emperors. Birth
and lineage Otho belonged to an ancient and noble Etruscan
family, descended from the princes of Etruria an...
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A Roman emperor from Jan. 15 to April 16, A.D. 69, who was born in 32. He was one of the companions of Nero in his debaucheries; but when
the emperor took possession of his wife, the beautiful but profligate Poppaea Sabina, Otho was sent as governor to Lusitania, which he
administered with credit during the last ten years of Nero's life. Otho att...
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